US Airways Reports June Traffic Results

TEMPE, Ariz., July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — US Airways Group, Inc. (LCC) today announced June, quarter and year-to-date 2012 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.8 billion, up 1.7 percent versus June 2011. Mainline capacity was 6.7 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 2.3 percent versus June 2011. Mainline passenger load factor was 86.5 percent for the month of June, down 0.6 points versus June 2011.

US Airways’ President Scott Kirby said, “Our June consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately six percent versus the same period last year. Despite record-setting temperatures and severe weather along the East Coast, our team of 32,000 employees ran an outstanding airline achieving our best-ever June performance in on-time departures and arrivals and baggage handling. Thanks to our team’s efforts, we are providing our customers extremely reliable service during the busy summer travel season.”

For the month of June, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was 86.2 percent with a completion factor of 99.1 percent.

The following summarizes US Airways Group’s traffic results for the month, quarter and year-to-date ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, consisting of mainline-operated flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.